Take Your Look From Day to Evening

Big lashes

When lashes and liner are this dramatic, leave lids bare...and lips neutral

When lashes and liner are this dramatic, leave lids bare…and lips neutralLarger-than-life lashes like these aren't just a passing trend—they're here to stay. "They make you look fresh, so the more the merrier," says Lisa Eldridge, who did the makeup on these pages. The how-tos: Clamp lashes with a curler, then apply a coat of thickening mascara (try CoverGirl LashBlast Mascara, $7.50, at drugstores). Now, time for the falsies; you want ones with fine, spaced-out hairs. (We like MAC Lashes 2, $11, maccosmetics.com.) Trace lash glue along the bottom and stick onto your lash line. Run liquid liner over your top lid to disguise the base and apply more mascara.

__You've gone too big if…__blinking is a struggle. Comb out clumps with an old mascara wand (shampoo it first) after each coat.

Big lips

Scarlett Johansson will have nothing on you if you try these pouty-lip tricks. Any color will work, but matte red or fuchsia makes a mouth look especially lush. Start by deflaking; a quick buff job with the dampened corner of a towel followed by a little lip balm should do the job (kiss the back of your hand to remove excess). Next, use a lip brush to paint on a super-thin layer of plumping lipstick (for the color above, try Rimmel Volume Boost Lipstick in Plastic, $6, at drugstores). "Work the brush back and forth so you get all the nooks and crannies," says Eldridge. Blot and reapply. Then take a matching lip pencil and draw directly on your lip line or just slightly outside it for extra fullness.

__You've gone too big if…__you check yourself out in a full-length mirror and your done-up lips seem out of proportion to the rest of your existence. If need be, carefully erase an overexaggerated lip line with a cotton swab dipped in moisturizer and redo.

Big hair

"You have to have a sexy attitude to pull this off," says hairstylist Lisa Eastwood, who created the do here. To get serious volume, start with your roots. Postshower, spritz them with a thickening spray like L'Oréal Paris Studio Line Full of It Upright Foam Spray ($5, at drugstores), then blast with a dryer while lifting upward with your fingers. Next, set hair in hot rollers. Take them out, flip your head upside down and break the curls apart with your fingers. Raise your head and tease roots up and down with a paddle brush. "Hair should be a bit wild," says Eastwood.

__You've gone too big if…__your hair looks more Marge Simpson than Jessica Simpson. "Big hair now is not about height; it's about width all around your head," notes Eastwood. "If the front is too high, push it down."